we know we have got a job to do and that this is a great time for mayors to be in washington, dc. now more than ever washington and the country need to be reminded that it is still possible to look past party affiliation and work together and to get things done. let me introduce myself. i am the mayor of rochester hills and president of the united states conference of mayors. is the mantra we should shed party labels. it is in our agenda. it is proven by the men and women that are standing up here this morning. i would like to this is the most challenging part. i would like a quick roll call to introduce themselves. the focus here is your name and your city number not your latest economic win. [laughter] baseballll score, team. why don t we start way down here with the mayor here. and whoever else is trying to can, as best we massachusetts. mayor of framingham, massachusetts. des moines, iowa. minnesota. dayton. las cruces. tacoma, washington. new orlea
weathering of mayors, the largest of mayors gathering of mayors, the largest of anywhere. it will be an exciting week in washington, dc glad we are here when there is nothing else going on. basically have the media all to ourselves this week. we know we have got a job to do and that this is a great time for mayors to be in washington, dc. now more than ever washington and the country need to be reminded that it is still possible to look past party affiliation and work together and to get things done. let me introduce myself. i am the mayor of rochester hills and president of the united states conference of mayors. is the mantra we should shed party labels. it is in our agenda. it is proven by the men and women that are standing up here this morning. i would like to this is the most challenging part. i would like a quick roll call to introduce themselves. the focus here is your name and your city number not your latest economic win. [laughter] baseballll score, team.
week here in washington dc. glad that we are here. there has been literally nothing else going on. [laughter] we have the media all to ourselves. we know that we have a job to do, and we feel actually this is a great time for mayors to be in washington dc. the reason we think that is because now more than ever washington and the country need it is stilled that possible to look past party affiliation and work together and get things done. let me introduce myself, i am brian barnett, mayor of rochester hills and president of the united states conference of mayors. it is important that we shed party labels to solve problems, but it is more than a talking point. it is proven by our record. ands proven by the men women standing up here this morning. i would like to ask them all to do a quick roll call to introduce themselves. the focus here is your name and your city number not your latest economic win. [laughter] football score, baseball team, anything. why don t we start w